North Carolina Newspapers

V ; iiMBMitflfliii'a:'iiTiMnMmi7-'r'-a' ii Office, in the "Standard" building, Eat side of Fayetteville Street. 4 MARCUS ERWIN, LEWIS IIANEH, tlitort. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1871. Wc learn that Prof. F. I'. Brewer of Ihe Unlversitj", has loon appointed U. S. Consul at Pimeusinfircece.and will leave for his pot in a few weeks. Cor respondents tan still address hi in at Chapel Hill, where his family will re main. . ., -r T II K COMMUNICATION of 14 CoXSKUV- ativi:" is from the ien of an eminent incmlier of the Conservative party, who has been frequently highly honored by It, ami who now fill a high position in the Government. It speaks the senti ments of many thousands of the best j nen of that party. The articlk over the signature of "An Old Tyi," in relation "to the public printing, is from a resivtable and responsible source. The writer 1k; ing a practical printer, who has invest tigatod the matter, Ins statements are entitled to respect and consideration. According to tins statement the pres ent PUin; tiii !. kh IikI 1-1 vt-nl per page more for printing the im loachmcnt trial, and the public laws, than IJttlefield received per page for like work. Yet the present printer contracted to do the printing ; at 7o cents jer thousand cuts, while Little field was paid one dollar. Add to this the appreciation of the currency since then and it will appear that the pres ent printer received over 40 cents per page more than Lattleficld did, in the then currency of the country. j Desolation. a- a ' -a - -r- ' - ; In those ilistrit-Ls of country "overrun by I'tilernl trKs in South Carolina, ami ter ror htriekonat the approach of irnitecl States, Marshals ami detachrnents of Federal cav alry in North Carolina, the people have' nliamloiied evervtliinpr, men, women and children Uyinjr Wfore tho miliiary fon-cs ami civil oJliecrs of tlie United States (Jov crnment. This sounds like a romance, hut it is no romance. It is the simple working of the toasted republican institutions ot ireo AnMr"n-.i. It is an usurpated jxwer of th Feileral government warring on'the civil institutions of the country ; the strong arm of military authority attcihpting to execute tho civil law; it is the supremacy of the military over the civil authority of thecoma try, and the result is the destruction of the liberty of the citizen, and the reign of terror consequent thereto. Xorth dtrolinion. The condition of things iu the sec tions spoken of arc bad enough, and the desolation is deplorable indeed. Rut still it is greatly exaggerated and is confined to but small localities. And bad as things are they art? yet very far removed frm the ravage and desola tion produced by the late attempt to disrupt the! Union. When (Jen. Jack son sent forces to South Carolina in IS:!- a fluttering similar to that now prevailing was created. Rut the result was that thi Union was saved and civil r a- -.1 A? A.. 1 t war, lor uie unit, aveneu. ii james Iiuchanan had taken the proper steps and concentrated all the available lanil and nival forces all on board a lleet in Charloton harlior in OctolnT and Novemlier 1; 0 the late civil war, with all its horrors, might have leeij prevent ed. Such a course then would have given rise to more clamors than we now hear against lrcsident (irant, but ' it woulil not have failed of success.- ! Such a demonstration on the part of the j then President would have convinced the secessionists that the entire people of the North would rally around trie old Hag, and sustain the government in its ellbrts to prevent thesecession of the Southern States. And they only need d to le so convinitnl to have letl thehi toaUuulon the mad project. And the present movements of President (irant will have the effect of preventing suf ferings com jki ret I with which those re ferred toby The Ihrollnhtn 'might al most beconsidetcd blessings. j It is due to The (itroliuian to say that it attributes the action of the Fed eral "authorities to the proper causes, and lalors earnestly for their removal. The Ku Klux, and their outrage's, which have given rise to the Fed end intervention complained of, find no fa vor with The (trolinian. And if all the Democratic papers would pursue the course which that iaier, The Xaslt vifte Jiahner and The Augusta (Ga.) t hnsfifi(fionali.f ha ve taken ,t hese thi ngs would soon" cease. The States would soon 1k remitted entirely to their own self government agaiin " ; : r- i- ilV. jRoiUXSOXs j PlU.ITKXHSs. The Kentucky people; get ofT the fol lowing anecdote on Governor James F. Robinson and Judge Duvall, which has been long current in the circle of their friends, but, we believe has never lieen in print before: j 1 The Governor is a relic of the ctfd Virginia gentlemen stately, courteous and punctilious in exercising the rights of hospitality, (me day he had in vited Judge Duvall to ride with him. Arriving at the toll-gate the Judge was about to iay the toll, when Governor Robinson Interposed, saying; "Duvall, I have been trying for years to make a irentleman of vou but have not succeed ed. When a gentleman asks you ! to rule he does not expect you to pay ex- -. - . . ...... w - v. .. n quietly and returned his pocket book to its place. Riding oil and reaching a gate tliat was shut,- Duvall sat still while the Governor waited for him to descend land open the gate. After waiting a minute, during which neith iipnra " At tli ii tlr .linlrrr Imirriwwl er spoke a word, Duvall said with a mem chuckle in his voice: "I would ! get down and open that gate but I sup- ; iwse tnai wnen one is asKeti oy a gen- work his way." The Governor silent- ! -v fnbn t ruin ha id -wrT r ruvf 1 4--v Iv and solomnlv desceniei and opened the gate. f i i Constitutional Amendment ' The General Assembly convened wttl the Sttnto. in thiscltv. at on "Monday. In a few days it will I be fully engaged in the business of Jhc session. It will have several impor tant duties to ierform, and it is hoped that it will prove itself fully equa") to them. ,It is hoped that it will discard party, and legislate for the general good of the State. Of all the duties devolving on jthc Legislature at its present wssion, none n Nl llllllllt llliiin in mo ......... . .-j-, the State Constitution. That that in strument should be amended in several important and material particulars is miieoded bv all parties. This beingthe tfif nl I mrties should ioin in the work; The making and amending of Orgijnic laws should never te made party ques tions. If they arc the people, as a whole, will never be satisfied with their stitution. This is no new doctrine tith this writer it is the ground he took Inst summer when discussing the ques- tion through the columns of another journal. And it seems to him to be more important at the present junc ture, if possible, than it was then. One of thn nucstions crenerally admittei to have been settled at the election in August last is, that whatever am(Jnd- inents are indispensable now shal made by tno legislative moae. If ly fho legislative mode any be on- wifiiiil imiuhfr nf nniPiHlmenrs s lall be attempted by a party, as cup trty measure, in an omnibus bill, they ivill fail. -I'll A k 1 ,, , .... . J . 4, n , x i 'r Such a bill must receive the votes of ,ri, i . i . f L..i three-fifths of all the members of each House of the -present Cieneral Asstm- blv. and two-thirds of all the members of each House of the next General As seniblv. The Democrats have the nec essary three-fifths of the present Legis lature, and can pass whatever bill they please ; provided, they shall be able to unite all their members upon if. Whether they can unite them upoii all the amendments proposed by thelfem- oeratie address, embodied into one remains to be seen. Judging from tone of the Democratic press of State, it is reasonable to suppose ill, the the hat they cannot. Rut suppose that they should be able to draw party lines ficiently close to pass such a bill at suf- the present session, what assurance 1 ave they that they can secure the rtsju two-thirds majority for it in the next Ijcgislature? None whatever, has lcen clearly demonstrated f by result' of the election in August :hts the ast. under jMX'uhar circumstances such as are not likely to occur again, j There fore it is safe to saj- that neither party .... ... . . . ... will bo able to secure anything like a two-thirds majority in the next Lfgi lature. And if not then all the work of the present session will have, been lost, should such a course be adopted. No amendments can te gotten through for years by either party, as a pttrfy measure. I What course, then, ought to be taken Let party be discarded entirely in the matter. Let the various amendments be divided into classes. L,et all those amendments upon which both parties can agree constitute the first class,! and be embodied into one bill. This will certainly secure to the people those amendments which are most "impor tant, and for which they are most anx- lous. jnen let xnose about which there may some little doubt constitute I the second class, and be embodied! into a second bill. lxt those about Winch there ia :i rro!iter flivision of sentiment - . ,n.-i.i,.nl,i,.ll..1!J i, ..,1..1 :"V . " ; ; V .V ' , I nil I iito :i f Ii I if I lit 1 1 Am if f nnimlit 11 - necessary let some of the most impor taut amendments, about whicU here is more diversity of sentiment, be sub mitted to the iieople separatelv, If this course is pursued, it is beli that the several -bills can be passed, both by the present and the next (Leg islature, by nearly a unanimous vote It is lielieved that tho Republicans will readily agree to submit any number of amendments to the people ;jirovided, All ' F tney are sunmitteu in such manner as to allow the people to accept of such as ; they approve, and reject such as they j disapprove. They are not afraid tojtrust i the people, and, we believe, will not i refuse their sanction to the plan here suggested. It is believed that it is the only plan that will secure to the laeople j the reforms which they demand. f And how shall the proceedings be inaugurated? The answer is ! Ijet a joint select committee o asy. the ablest and best members of both par- I ties Je raised at once to consider the question of constitutional reform. Let that committee prepare and report the necessary bills, to carry out the plan uggested. If this is done the people will Le relieved, and the members sev erally, upon their return to their cou- stituants, will be welcomed with the plaudit of 44 well done thou good and faithful servant." It has not been thought proper at this time, to enter into any discussion as what particular amendments should constitute the several classes, or be sub mitted separately. If it should to become necessary and proper so, it will be done hereafter. At seem ,to do pres- cut it might seem like dictation to the members of that body, and rather tend to embarrass them than otherwise. The intention of this article is only to i make a suggestion to the Legislature, and give the reasons upon which it is based. No party advantage is sought no object aimed at but the welfare and prosperity of the good people of North Carolina. And to this end we invoke t:,e aid of our brethren of the nress of j r . 1 sld of Political opinion, aiid of M" iiiiuKing aim pairioiic men, qui 01 the Iegislature as well as in it. 1 Ii I I 1 - Tod-iJIcdcm and Twccd-ledcc. 'Littliineld, Republican, and his ring. stole frtim the State of North Carolina some thi millions of dollars. He fled the State under a Republican adminis trationi and under a Republican ad ministratiori he dare not return to the State of? North Carolina Tweed, a Democrat, and his ring, stole fvm ijije city of New York over a hun dred millioiis, yet under a Democratic adminif tiat jon- he remains in New York- .is safif from the power of the law as; administered by democrats, and has ;i t iinllv leen elected bv bis party t tlfe Senate of" that State. ! II. H. Roberts, a clerk in the employ ment ! of the Republican Auditor o Public Accounts, forged drafts on the Treasury to the amount of four or five hundred dollars. .'.., ,1 1 1 Tin -. l,rc- nf tita ixi uuuans. - iitio iv Out not until the Republican au. cs had lodged him in jail for his State, thorit crime -..'..!.! . ; and he was only relieved by parties! bccomlnsr his bail, knowing Ail - that lijq would leave, to lighten the dis- grace pn a respectable family of inno- cent peisons. It appears that this man Roberts was in collusion with the State Printer : as the reiree of the Printer's accounts he certified them to le correct, when it is ii matter of record that the State Prin ter made out bis accounts so much in trcxTss; he the value of the work actually performed as to gouge the State out o more than three thousand dollars. I YcthcStato Printer walks the streets unmolested, and. like Tweed, wields a .1 4- ix 4 X 1 ikitk tVtn Infill r UlCill IViiiliUU VJVX 111 lii XAliJVl kjl nw nativity, while Littlefield and Roberts , f , ,,i i ri arednVen beyond the reach of the State authorities. Is this the. difference between Tod- dleduni and Tweed-ledec Republican ism and Democracy, or docs it better illustrate "the difference between Demo- cratic seal la wags and Republican car ii . . pet-baggers? Whbn wc see the action which the Legis atilre takes in relation to the Public printing we can tell more about it: n i I, . i . . Correspondence. iatAi.KiGir.N.C. Nov. 17, 1871. To fM &Utor of The Kra : S'(i4Mv attention has been -callex to an article in your paper of Wednes day, sin j which it is asserted that there was collusion between the public print er. aiirtjtho1 forger, Roberts, to defraud the State in the accounts ot the public printing. : i hej statement is scandalous and iaise, and damaging ; to me. If untrue it ought' not to be made or published ; if true fit ought to be fully and legally substantiated, and I propose giving you an opportunity to establish the truth of the charge, you have thus publicly nladel before the proper legal tribunal of the State, unless there be a full and unconditional ret rax d- of the charge, through the same channel in which it was made. . ' - . I .Ii With due respect, . I Jj :j v Javes II. Moon e, State Printer. r ri(' prin: of The Carolina Era, ai.eioij, N.'C, Nov. 18, 1871. James If. Moore, To Mr. 11. Public Printer: t; )Jr iT X UUI3 Ul X I IU 13 IL 11U11VI, ill which you say that your attention has been jcalletl to an article in The Era ofVWedncsdav, 44 in which it is asserted : " w that there was a collusion between the public printer and the forger, Roberts, to5defruud the State in the accounts of th public printing." If you will examine the article again you will see that you are mistaken, in saving;tiiat' anything oi the kind "is . 1 iierieu. iuuwiiguaiisiuuuH till t X 4 .1.1 A. "" 1. a Uif Wi) iliac uus man Jiouens ii nmusiuu wui imrDiait-iiimn referee of the Printer's accounts he . ..i It n... . x 1 x n. cefifief I them to be correct, when it is a matterjof record that the State Printer made jout his accounts so much in ex cess of the value oi the work actually performed as to gouge the State out of more t han three thousand dollars." Froi ig is i thelibove it is plain that noth charged, only ' appearances are Nothing of the kind you speak given. of 44is asserted " nothing of the kind was inieant to be "asserted." This is rom the following extract from ra of this day, which, it is fair to presume, you have not seen: 44ItS (iThe Sentinel) has onhi denied that the Public Printer was in collusion with II. IL (Roberts, a fact not at all material to th matter in controversy, and one thatlwisnotcharged positively, but only from appearances. We give The Sent i net thei benefit of this denial, an act of Justice which we never received at its hands" To tiie above the following sentence. already in print before the receipt of your j fetter, has been added in The V:ron,Y i;ka : 4-Vet it seems strange that Tlie Senti nel should become so excited at a mere suggestion, founded upon appearances. as ttk the manner in which the payment of the t excess was secured, without be ing able to deny the fact itself the manner of the thing being wholly im material.", ; The foregoing must be sufficient to convince you, not only that nothing of the kind vou complain or was " assert ed," but that nothing of the kind 'was intended to be 44 asserted." The! whole question will, doubtless, undergo a thorough investigation by a competent and impartial' committee, and The Era will be the first paper in the State to give you the benefit of any report; it may make in vindication of your conduct in relation to the public printing, and also to declare editorially that; there was no foundation for any suclr charge, as you mistakingly sup pose has been made against you througn its columns, should such be shown to be theiCase. t .Allow me to add, that I regard it as extremely unforttlnate for you, as well as for your friends, that you are unable to contradict what was actually charged in the' article referred to in The Era of Wednesday, ("that the Stcde Printer made did his accounts so much in excess of the talueof the icorkactuallu perform ed as to gouge the Slate out of more than three thousand dollars,) as readily and positively as you have contradicted what you imagined was charged in re- Iation to a colltision with Ro&rfs. With proper respect, I ; Lewis Hanks. The Raleigh Sentinel. The many obligations, which The Era and this editor are under to The Sentinel, demand a recognition, with a frank expression of our appreciation of them. To The Sentinel is this paper in debted for a name, that will not only be as enduring as time, but that will never fail to awaken patriotic emotions in the breasts of all who are Still Capable Of such sentiments. As long as the Amer ican nationality exists, will the 44 Long Perky" be mentioned in connection with one of the noblest and brightest achievements of American naval war fare. And. in the language of the 7 Long Perry who commanded in that ever memorable engagement, it is be lieved it will soon be able to say : 44 We have met the enemy and they are ours." The idea that this paper will for ever be associated in the minds of men with 44 Perry's Victory " creates with in the hearts of its friends a feeling of nride and exultation which they can find no language adequate to express The Sentinel, by its great and noble qualities, has attained by universal consent, the summit of grandeur, power and greatness. It has reached the Pa pacv, in its especial domain, and is en dowed with the powers of absolution, excommunication and condemnation. It can 44killind make alive." Upon whomsoever its condemnation rests, it sinks to perdition ; and upon whomso ever its blessing rests, it elevates to the sublimest heights of felicity. And this editor has been the happy recipient of the highest honor in its power to be stow. From His Holiness, Josiaii I of The Sent incite has received the very distinguished honor of cannonization, even in his lifetime. He is now known and honored throughout the world as a Saint, and chieflyi; known and hon ored as such, because of the supremely elevated and magnanimous character of the Sovereign Pontiff 'by , whose grace and favor he was cannonized. No earthly honor can equal that con tained in this title, so graciously be stowed, and so thankfully received and highly appreciated. His descendants to the latest generation, will treasure it up with a just and honest pride, on ac count of the illustrious source from which it was derived. Already, are his little , grand children learning to lisp the name of Saint Lewis, anil to inform visitors that he is their "grand papa." And he would be unworthy of such Itonor, if he failed to acknowl edge it, with assurances of his most dis tinguished considieration, and to make all the return for the same in his power. This he proposes to jdo by doing for The Sent hiel,vhit its characteristic mod esty prevents it from doing for itself bv pointing out and publishing its many transcendant excellencies. Though it has scarcely completed the sixth year of its existence, The Sentinel has already established a reputation second to that of no journal in the world. At its first appearance it as sumed to itself the very highest stand ard of excellence then known in this country. Its respected founder, the late and much lamented Wm. E. Pell, in his 'prospectus, announced, that he snouid uiKe me 01a isatio.nal ijntj-;i. 1 I j 1 1 1 . 1 1 "f . " T , l.igencei: as his model. He declared, that he should labor to bring The Sen tinel up ltd, the high standard of that paper, in the palmy days of Gales and Seaton. ; Subsequently, Mr. Pell associ ated with himself in its management, that true man and accomplished gentle man, ..Major fseaton uaies, nephew 01 the great editor of The Intelligencer, Together they labored faithfully and earnestly to elevate it to the high standard of the model they had chosen. How far they succeeded in their lauda ble efforts, is as well known to our read ers as ourself. It is no disparagement to them, as high-toned and able journ alistSj to say, that they failed to reach the mark of their high and proud am )ition. Under their management The Sentinel became one of the leading pa ers of the South, and sustained a rep utation that most journalists might well envy. Rut it never quite attained to the high standard of ex eel lence, which t assumed to itself when it commenced publication: Indeed, until after Messrs. Pell and Gales retired from The Sentinel, hat standard was never reached by any journal on this continent perhaps v none in the world. It was reserved for Mr. Pell's succes sor to do lor l he Sentinel what, with he assistance of 3Iajor Gales, he was unable to do for it himself. Under its present management The Sentinel soon rose to a, far higher standard of excel- ence than that which it had chosen for mitation. Jt soon became renowned throughout . the world, wherever the English language is read or spoken- renowned hot for its excellence in any one or jits features, or m anyone de partment of Journalism, but in all that goes to make up the perfect journal in its various departments. Its language is the purest and most nervious eng- lish : its wit of more than attic ele gance. : And no matter to what subject its editorials may.be devoted the same lofty and elegant style is maintained in its purityand simplicity. But these qualities, valuable and at tractive as they are, are scarcely to be mentioned among its chief excellencies. So numerous indeed, and so various are its virtues, that it is difficult to deter mine to which precedence should be given. After the most patient consid eration we have been able to give the subject, with our very feeble powers of discrimination, we have arrived at the conclusion, that the wisdom and pro fundityfbf its statesmanship, and the modesty of 1 its editorial language are entitled to the highest place and the first distinction. Its editorials, on ques tions of practical statesmanship, with which it so much abounds, manifest an to. deal ' with such questions equal much to Perriclcs and Ximenee, and superior to that qf any other statesman of more reeentJ times. Nor has it confined itself to able articles, on questions of practical statesmanship; in speculative statesmanship it has soared still higher. Its essays in both depart ments will be sought after in all future 11U1CI 'C " ouiic aia nuu na t ever oeeu given iu me- yvoiiuut uuj period of man's history. In purity of style,! power' of logic and amplitude of comprehension : in massiveness of ideas and profound and eloquent reason in. in copiousness of language and beauty mid elegance of diction, these essays have equal been approached, though not ed, by Alexander Hamilton, Dan iel Webster- and Edmund Rurke. They have completely thrown into the shade all the splendid efforts of Gales and Seaton, never before ;equalledby any journalist in this, or any other, country. Nor is it af all probable that the world will ever again witness such wonderful ability. For modesty Th e Sentinel is as renown ed as for its unrivalled statesmanship. In reading the noble essays' and elegant dissertations, which enrich and adorn its editorial columns, few are able to discern that the writer is aware of his own 'existence. Certainly none are able to discover that heconsiders his be ing of any consequence to society or the State! His! ideas, his thoughts and his language, all seem to flow, without the slightest effort, from some great natur al fountain, like a river from a great lake.!; The pronoun We, so pro fusely and disgustingly used in the pic ayune papers of the day, seldom finds a Place in the editorial columns of The Sentinel. Taken altogether, in this re spect;; it is the most perfect model of j which we have any account. Resides these, and its unparalleled excellence as a newspaper,1 it . has yet manv srreat and shining qualities. To scurrility it is a total stranger, and it rarelv indulges in personalities. Its stateliness and dignity of, character, y combined with its high moral tone, has done' a great and wonderful work for the press of North Carolina.; By the aid of these it has succeeded in shaming into comparative decency, the larger part of the press of the State, formerly so much addicted to low abuse, not to say black guardism. The name of no female is ever such mentioned in its columns, except as have won distinction by the dignity and propriety of their conduct, arid the purity of their lives, and then only jthat their example may have its due and exalting influence,! for the re finement and improvement of our race Its fairness surpasses that of all other journals. It was never known to be guilty of the meanness of some of its contemporaries, in holding an editor responsible for the statements of his lo cal, 0r treating his correspondence as if it Were to be taken as expressive of his own views and sentiments. Its ve hement but dignified denunciation of such1 conduct, has had a most happy ef fect in elevtaing the tone and character of iournalism in North Carolina. The value of such a journal to the -age in which it flourishes, can only j be proper ly understood and appreciated by pos terity. Its bright example will survive fresh and green in the memory of many generations,, and its effulgence . will light up the pathway of the journalist all down the vista of coming ages. Npt feeling that this feeble effort is all that is demanded of our gratitude to The Sentinel, the subject will be resum ed after the lapse of a brief period. It will then be our duty and our pleasure to present other points of great andsur passing excellence in its character. And we may give the reader a faint glimpse of that palatial surburban res idence, purchased for its editor by the gratitude of his countrymen in 1870. We may take occasion to describe the proudly embowered domain, presented with the palace-like mansion; its shaded walks and winding avenues i its gurg ling! fountains and beautiful shrubbery. And we may also suggest the plan of some more enduring and appropriate monument to his splendid fame. For it is eminently fit and proper that such a journalist as the editor of The Sentinel, should have erected to , his memory some such monument as the gratitude of mankind usually decrees to distin guished benefactors of the human race If he lived in England he would find his last resting place in Westminster Abbey, hard by the modest memorials erected to the editors of I he Spectator and The llamblev. But however enn nently appropriate and fit this arrange ment, it cannot be. England is not yet sufficiently democratic to allow that honor to an American, however great and deserving of such honors he may be. A certain State paper seemes to think that nobody has any right to criticise anything the Executive Committee has put forth in the address. We think iinq w uicsuujmg a Kowvx ueuiH, c iui one will speak oui sentiments! regard less of consequences. We never speak, however, unless we think we are right. j That paper thinks the Committee is infallible. We suppose it is because thej Address has straight out repudia tion of private contracts in one of its provisions and individual oppression (and despotism in another, &c.j &. It must be these provisions that com mend it to that paper, as the others were before the people last Summer were not. supported by that paper. It may, perhaps, all be accounted for When we remember that that paper has been living in both the Ku Klux and radical ranks. Hickoru Tavern Jtktgle, Demccrat. ! !: ! Early. The canvass of 1872 will begin early. The Connecticut! temper- ance men have called a State Conven- tion to nominate candidates for State officers, to meet in New Hayen, Dec. 13. On the same day the Democrats of New Hamshire will hold their State Cohvention in Concord. The labor re- t ; formers of New Hamshire will meet mler 7. ability Dec The Slate Printing Littlefield vs. Turner, j I have observed,; in the editorials which hrve appeared in The Era in regard to the alleged high charges of the present State Printer, that the wri ter was evidently lunacquainted with the subject which 'he wished brought before the public, ifrorn the bungling manner in which he handled the mat ter. In fact, the whole subject hangs upon a technical term, which only the craft, 'i' as printers call themselves understand. On that account, I have deemed it not inappropriate1, to 44 pro ceed to explain." It will be remembered that the pres ent Legislature, when it met last win ter, early brought up the question of the State Printing. It was affirmed by a great many, that the State was paying too much therefor; in fact, the Little field charges for the same, was made one of the hobbies of the campaign which' resulted in the overthrow of the Radical party. In order to determine what was a fair price to pay the State Printer, the Legislature appointed a committee to examine into the matter and report. The committee,! I ! under stand; in order to arrive at a j ctirect conclusion, summoned before them general proprietors of offices, and oth ers, and obtained their opinion. I rec ollect the occasion when the committee of the louse, through itscharman, Mr. Waring, of Mecklenburg, made-its. re port. From what he stated to the House I thought he had made a .Capi tal ' bargain" for the! State. He stated that he had made a contract with tho State Printer, which stipulated that he was to receive 7-3 cents per 1000 ems for j the type setting, and 75 cents per token for press work, and dwelt upon .jt he fact that by the contract 'no blank pages, J or parts of blank pages jwere to be charged for, and that the State Printer would only receive pay fori work done, and no such extortion as Littlefield charged would be perpetrated, upon the State. These were nearly his identical words. In ortier that the reader, unacquaint ed with the -technical language of stand, I will state that in every, print ing office the meaning of the term 44 em" is the square Of the size of a type. If a certain kind of type in which a book isj printed is oni? sixth of an inch, in. depth from the top to;the bottom of of a letter, then an 44 em" is one-sixth of an inch the other; way. In fact, an 44 em" is the square of atyxe, and'when spcakirig printorially, is so understood all over the United States, and is so do- fined ill Printers Text Books. A 44 to ken," J j Ii ... lowever, has not the positive meaning of the "em." It varies in different States. In this State, it is in- variably defined as 240 impressions of anyjoiythat may be printed. It is so expressed in the old law of the Revised Codes and in that same kfw, it was de signed to pay the State Printer a cer tain price for every 4 token" of eight pages, -j'ihat law was irameti wnen au the paper on which the State Printing was done would only print eight pages on one side oi a sheet. All the: paper on which the state iiTinting is now printed is furnished double that size. But with the 44 token, " in what I may now say, we will have nothing to do. W 11, let us see if Mr. Waring's as In sura ces to the House hold good. order to; arrive at facts in the matter, I have taken the trouble to ascertain the truth of what I will relate. 44 Blank pages and parts of blank pages", are charged for by the State Printer. 1 Any one disposed to examine the matter, I have no doubt will j be accommodated by the Auditor. So, the State did not make as good a bargain as I thought. Now, we come to the 44 em." It seems that the State Printer has found an other definition for this technicality. He charges by the letter 44 M " or rath er m, which is considerably less in width than the quadlateral 44 em" of the Printing office,! and makes a vast difference in the 'cost: of the Printing. In fact, by that novel manner of charg ing, the; State is paying more for its printing than it did in the flush and palmy days of Littlefield; as I shall show to your perfect satisfaction. Ac cording to Littlefield's charges, as evi denced by bills filed in the Auditor's office, his pages contained 1323 ems. Lattleneld, for this page, at $1 per thou sand (the way he counted) received about one dollar and thirty-two cents. The pages which the-State Printer is sues is of the same size, and according to his count contains 1950 ems. He re ceives 75 cents per thousand ems,- and uy his count, he receives one dollar and forty-six cents per page for type-setting, oxjouneen cents more than littlefield's bought .Legislature paid him I This is retrenchment with a vengeance ! This statement, which any I one disposed to smwa thef 0,.:n i. ' Mutuuun III uljrtVC 1U1 llllllSt;!!, the State Printer !" knows" how count." forW-seven rents nor nno-n mnm than if the pages had been counted -by the technical em. I see it stated that the Public Printer has been paid about $20,000 for State Printing for the cur rent year. If this be so, he has received over $5,000 more than he is entitled to. I learn,! that Mrl Mobre. the de i ure. State Printer affirms i that he made a contract with the Committee, and they understood and agreed that he should charge by the letter j 44 em" instead of by the quadlateral or 44 em nuflrl " This cannot be so. It was the obieet nf the Legislature, and the Committee to retrench and reduce expenses, and if the Committee agreed to anv sueb manner of counting.! thev either were overreached by the then shrewd busi ness manager of the de facto Printer, be- nniicA J.,nl! terms of which thevi k tau- were utsuing in tecnnicai hey aFe recreant to the sacred trust re- ptSt1ilJP,em- . I I sity of reform In th L"? .i1 out the State Pri the St&te to salary ia Commissioner tn examine printing and .paper, and see that the printing was exeeuterl erly, properly charged for. " Ax Oi,d Tvro. deuce. 1 Terrible. Tragedy Iinuliarotioii Henderson -Count,, 1 1 KN DKKSON VI I. L K, No V 1:5171, The Superior Court for this county i still in session.1 awaiting the deterriiin ation of the iurv. in tho lease 'of 1 1 J 1 $- State vs. i Columbus, and Jovan, ;m Adairland Baynard ehiarged witi the murder of the Weston family, iil the county of Rutherford, on the nigh ofthe i'Oth of April last. Tho iiiKhYti ment was removed, at the last term f Rutherford Court, by the Sde, ..tit Uu county for trial, and the trinl has l, n in progress here since lnt Tuesday The case; was given to the jury on tin afternoon off Saturday last, about O'clock, and up to this timji (Mondavi night,) they have been unayle to agre in their j verdict. , The test closed one of the most bar Urnl niiirders reeorded in !' mohV di a ro.us am he historv of crinie in this State. Th i' evidem of the only surviving witness iof thi-) atrocious deed, .except - an infant, tli (wife of one and the mother f tlie ot la ii parties slain, Polly Wostoh, a whit. I Ullt t-7"i.Ji i, .v urn mbstantialjy jus follows husband, Sil; s Wcsfoii woman, was sul She, with her ia 'mulatto man and their liree iliil then, 1 : vi.il. Theodosia and in j infant i and an illegitimate'' whii child o hers, about twelve years old ,' loruli stoh, ' had, the evejli , -about an the three the table, fore cohabitation with .W just. finished their supper on ing of the 2ith of April l.s hour I after dark. She and chrildren had risen from Weston remained seated, feeding, the -ibabvi The woman Weston heard a growl from a dog outside, and went to a crack in the end of the house, near the chimney, to see,- if possible, what had disturbed the dog. She face against the wall to look placed her out, when instantly a gun or pistol was tired into her face. She staggered luu k cxclaim- 44 I'm killed, God have! "mercy on us an." mree men ourstj open me door and rushed into the house, one of mm -n 1 I 1 whom fired on her husband-as he roe -from the table, and again a, he retreat ed to the other side of the lijouse. The jrme who fired upon the mai Weston, and'another of the party seized WYs ton, dragged him down -and cut his throat.- While this was ig .on, 't lie third murderer deliberately; shot d ow n ! all the children, one after another, ex- j-ept thej infant. Two of them "then seized 'Poll v Weston, the first shot hav- I ing only burned her eye, and face jnt around it, with the powder,and one of ihem attemptetl to shoot hcagai:r, 1 1 1 1 she struggled with him, and,, h'y some - jj ineans, the pistol failed; to .lire. t. ( 'oa th ey Hi.. j l . u 1 t i 1 e . tinuing th( struggle for her life, then inflicted seven wound; upon her with their Knives, one aioitfg her jaw and facej the dreadful m: Yarki of" which TheV then, as is plainly visible yet. they; supposed, despatched tlie infant, put fire to the bedding, aiijd with an oath fled, hurridly from the house. She lay upon the floor until her hair began to ourn, wnen nnuing 1 J T 1 , her infant -til alive. She took it and sat it down outside of the burning houie, Sand re turned, and dragged out another child, whom she was unable, from! a wound 4 in her arm, to caiyry more tlii a few There feet beyond the step of the door she k m h. left it, and proceeded stealthily from the along, faint and exhausted loss of Iplood, carrying her neighbor's house, about half where she related the evidei terrible tragedy to the horro ill mates. i The next morning the 1 found burned to the groun in fa lit to a a mile oil" ts of this r Stricken. ouse was r, a dead child with a bullet hole through its breasts, lying near the step, of the door, J 1 A t . . f f A 1 -1 1 ' 1 anil me remains oi mree mnnan noi ies in the ashes of the house. , "T ItT J A . 1 J 1 if i-oiiy vesion,mesuusraneeoi wimw i narrative is given above, was' proven to have been a common prostitute up to 18(1 or 70l', anil to nave cohahited with Silas Weston, the mulatto. who was the first victim of this murder, un til about! five months ago, when he pro cured a license and they weie jnarried by a magistrate, in McDowell county. There was proof, also, that since her marriage with Weston she hud been a faithful wife to him, and had a good character in the neighborhood for truth and honesty. She swore positively that the parties on trial were thej identical persons who committed the, murder. The defendants relied mamily upon proof of an alibi, and that (lie !womaii was mistaken in the men. ' j f During the trial a startlini incident occurred. Two men who were fighting injhe street were arrested and brought into Cqurt,, one of them a CI covered with blood. Polly Weston, who ) was within the bar of the Court, no sooner saw the bloody man than she fell to the floor apparently dead, as if shei had been shot through the heart. ! After some tinie, however, she recovered and was removed, but never aftervrards wa able to appear in Court. j The State was represented - bv .Mr. Solicitor Henry, Col. David 'ofeinan, of Ashe vi lie, Messrs. W. D. sorwood, of Franklin, and M. 11. Justice, of Uuth erfordton. The defendants by Marcin Krwin and Messrs. j. I Carson and J. M. Justice of Putherfordtof . IMMIGRATION TO JIKNPKKSOXJ. , Quite a number of new coiners have' settled in Henderson within the la-t year. A good deal of property has'been bought by them in the vicinity Of Flat Itock, four miles South of this,! which was in former times a sort of head quar ters of the South Carolina planters and merchants of Chattanooga who'- had summer residences in the mountains. The new immigration was leS here by. a Mr. McLaughlin, a Scotsman, from Cleaveland, Ohio, who is represented to be a person of considerable ineans. Other gentlemen of substance have fol lowed him, and the prospect is good for a valuable addition to the wealth and population of this regidn of tin State. There is no more beautiful coun try, no more salubrious clinfate any where than in Henderson county' The' movement mentioned above will h.'. productive of good results, no doubt, in a short time. ,l, l'j. the above was written, P. S. Since we learn the jury returned a verdict cf Editorial Correspon ' flrnilf V 1 I" e, v. . . , ,